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Re: [platform-swt-dev] Starting point for new port

On Monday 16 December 2002 15:05, you wrote:
> Now I know that there is a Qt port somewhere inside IBM for SWT, but the
> legal eagles need to make their mind up as to whether it can be released
> as a basis for a full Qt and KDE port, now that the java bindings for
> Qt and Kde that ship with Kde have become LGPL.
>
> So lets for the moment assume that the IBM port can not be used, I need
> to think which is the best of the existing versions to start from.  The
> list as I know it is Windows, Motif, Gtk and MacOS.
>
> The Java binding the ships with Kde closely maps the C++ API that Qt
> and KDE provide as a base, because they are mechanically generated from
> them.  Windows and Motif are both C API based, but I do not know about
> the Gtk and MacOS ones.
>
> Does anyone have any perls of wisdom as to the best starting point?
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Does no-one on this list have any thoughts on this subject?

David


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